The governing Socialist Party lost its...

ELECTION SETBACK.

November 12, 1989

MADRID — ELECTION SETBACK. The governing Socialist Party lost its majority in Parliament on Saturday. An electoral committee in the province of Murcia ruled that a seat initially awarded to the Socialists in elections last month belonged to the United Left coalition. The Socialists immediately said they would appeal the ruling to the provincial supreme court. Regardless of the outcome of the appeal, Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez is assured of being able to form a government in coalition with independents or minority parties.